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U.S. POLICY

Bush's Arm-Twister

President George W. Bush has relaunched his drive to curb the powers of the International Criminal Court--by cutting separate deals with 180 countries. Washington has eased its threats to halt global peacekeeping operations, but instead, countries are being asked to agree in writing not to turn over American citizens if they are indicted by the war- crimes tribunal, says the State Department's Marisa Lino.

Lino, the former ambassador to Albania in charge of getting the signatures, will go afield in the coming weeks. And she carries a very big stick: Bush has signed a new law that threatens to halt military aid to ...

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